1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament

1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament
1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1989–90
Teams	8
First round site	Campus Sites; Campus Arenas
Finals site	Knickerbocker Arena; Albany, NY
Champions	La Salle (3rd title)
Winning coach	Speedy Morris (3rd title)
MVP	Lionel Simmons (2nd MVP) (La Salle)
	MAAC men's basketball tournaments ← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.^[1]

1989–90 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North
Holy Cross	14	–	2	.875	24	–	6	.800
Siena	11	–	5	.688	16	–	13	.552
Fordham	10	–	6	.625	20	–	13	.606
Canisius	5	–	11	.313	11	–	18	.379
Army	5	–	11	.313	10	–	19	.345
Niagara	5	–	11	.313	6	–	22	.214
South
No. 12 La Salle †	16	–	0	1.000	30	–	2	.938
Iona	8	–	8	.500	13	–	15	.464
Saint Peter's	7	–	9	.438	14	–	14	.500
Manhattan	7	–	9	.438	11	–	17	.393
Fairfield	6	–	10	.375	10	–	19	.345
Loyola (MD)	2	–	14	.125	4	–	24	.143

† 1990 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Top-seeded La Salle defeated Fordham in the championship game, 71–61, to win their third MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Explorers received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament as the #4 seed in the East region.

Format

Ten of the conference's twelve members participated in the tournament field. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. All games were played at the new Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.